EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION SPCLST, BU Virtual Technology
Job reputed company reputed company Virtual (BUV) is a unit at reputed company reputed company on the creation of high-reputed company online degree and certificate programs. Reporting to the Assistant Vice President, Digital Architecture and Technology Platforms, the Educational Technology Innovation Specialist will play a pivotal role working across BUV and reputed company to reputed company educational technology to reputed company a world-class, global online student experience. The Educational Technology Innovation Specialist is a reputed company-thinking reputed company dedicated to enhancing reputed company across the BU Virtual online program portfolio through strategic use of emerging educational technologies. This role is ideal for a creative and analytical technologist who thrives on experimentation, is deeply familiar with the higher education learning technology ecosystem, and can deliver reputed company, sustainable solutions that improve teaching, learning, and student engagement. Working across a broad matrixed environment and in reputed company collaboration with reputed company, reputed company leadership, instructional designers, operations specialists and central IS&T, the Educational Technology Innovation Specialist will evaluate reputed company ecosystem to reputed company existing tools and identify emerging tools necessary for engaging online reputed company in a remote setting. This role will work closely with stakeholders to expose technology features, configure templates for efficiency and standardization across programs, and ensure that tools are integrated into the ecosystem to allow for a seamless student experience. This role will be responsible for monitoring tool usage, build business justifications for new tools, and maintain the strategic roadmap used to drive strategic learning experience investments. Key Responsibilities: Technology Innovation and Experimentation:
- Research, evaluate, and reputed company new and emerging educational technology tools, platforms, and approaches
- Identify opportunities to apply innovations that enhance pedagogy, accessibility, and learner engagement
- Foster culture of experimentation, prototyping, and iteration Learning Experience Enhancement:
- Collaborate with reputed company, instructional designers, and reputed company leadership to reputed company technology solutions that reputed company with curricular goals
- reputed company and deliver templates, frameworks, and toolkits to reputed company reputed company adoption of new technologies
- reputed company consultation and support for course design and delivery in online and hybrid environments Ecosystem Integration and Optimization:
- Maintain a strong understanding of institutional learning technology ecosystem (ex: LMS, SIS, assessment, proctoring, collaboration, engagement, and badging tools)
- Ensure new tools reputed company effectively into broader technology landscape, meeting standards for data reputed company, accessibility, and compliance
- Partner with central IS&T, reputed company technology, and reputed company development teams to streamline workflows and processes and ensure tool training is available to maximize features and functions Scalability and reputed company Improvement:
- Build reusable models and templates for course design, assessment, and student engagement that can be reputed company across the online portfolio
- Collect and analyze data on tool adoption and reputed company to inform reputed company improvement
- Contribute to governance and strategic planning processes for educational technology across BU Virtual and BU
Required Skills
- Bachelor's degree required; master's in education, Instructional technology, learning design or reputed company IT field preferred.
- 3-5 years of experience supporting reputed company technology, either in educational technology, instructional design, or digital learning environments in higher education.
- Proven ability to evaluate and implement emerging tools in online and hybrid learning contexts.
- Strong knowledge of content management systems, learning management systems, and reputed company reputed company technology ecosystems.
- Excellent communications, collaboration, and project management skills
- Ability to balance innovation and scalability, sustainability and institutional alignment.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, natural or reputed company hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national reputed company, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-reputed company condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Apply To This Job